Lars Thøgersen
CEO and Founder, CPH ID
Lars Thoegersen

With more than 25 years’ extensive experience in design, business and technology, Lars Thøgersen is a pioneer in Danish design with a focus on user-centred products and services and industrial design.

Lars Thøgersen was CEO of CPH Inventures, a design and innovation company that creates value for some of the most prominent leaders of Danish industry. With CPH Inventures and the company’s spin-offs, Thøgersen has set a team of experts in process optimisation and occupational health and safety, aimed primarily at the aviation industry. He left the whole group in 2016 to continue his work in CPH ID with a number of new ventures.

From 2006 to 2012, Lars Thøgersen was the founder and CEO of CPH Design, where he was responsible for and co-created the basic principles behind the award-winning RampSnake®, which was developed for SAS.

In his professional work, Thøgersen aims to influence and contribute to design thinking in Danish industry across business sectors, and he is a strong advocate of using design and innovation for business and economic optimisation in companies.

For many years, Thøgersen has been active as a part-time lecturer at various institutions. He has also served on a number of boards, including the Danish Design Council, Urgent.Agency and earlier his own spin-off companies. From 2001 until 2009, he was a member of the Danish Council for Technology and Innovation under the Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

Other Jury Members 2016
Richard Hsu Co-founder and creative director, Pan-Asia Network
Richard Hsu
Richard Hsu Co-founder and creative director, Pan-Asia Network
Pil Bredahl Designer and owner of Pil Bredahl Design
Pil Bredahl
Pil Bredahl Designer and owner of Pil Bredahl Design
Peter Hebin Bruun Head of Communication and Sustainability, The Danish Growth Fund
Peter Hebin Bruun
Peter Hebin Bruun Head of Communication and Sustainability, The Danish Growth Fund
Kigge Hvid CEO of INDEX: Design to Improve Life
Kigge Hvid
Kigge Hvid CEO of INDEX: Design to Improve Life
Jakob Wagner Designer and owner of Jakob Wagner Studio
Jakob Wagner
Jakob Wagner Designer and owner of Jakob Wagner Studio
Henrik Jeppesen Founding partner and director, Attention-Group
Henrik Jeppesen
Henrik Jeppesen Founding partner and director, Attention-Group
David Carlson Senior design strategist
David Carlson
David Carlson Senior design strategist
Claus Skytte Creative Strategist, writer and speaker
Claus Skytte
Claus Skytte Creative Strategist, writer and speaker
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Head of Design School Kolding
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Head of Design School Kolding
David Asmussen Creative director
David Asmussen
David Asmussen Creative director
Jesper K. Thomsen Designer and owner of Studio Jesper K. Thomsen
Jesper K. Thomsen
Jesper K. Thomsen Designer and owner of Studio Jesper K. Thomsen
Simon Skafdrup CEO and partner of 3PART
Simon Skafdrup
Simon Skafdrup CEO and partner of 3PART
Jesper von Wieding Strategic Creative Director of 3X
Jesper von Wieding
Jesper von Wieding Strategic Creative Director of 3X
Tim Larcombe Founder of INTENT
Tim Larcombe
Tim Larcombe Founder of INTENT
Susanne Schenstrøm Project Manager at Danish Design Centre
Susanne Schenstrøm
Susanne Schenstrøm Project Manager at Danish Design Centre